STALLONE PLAYED UNKNOWN ITALIAN AMERICAN BOXER ROCKY BALBOA.AND EVERY YEAR SO FAR THE LATEST HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION: APOLLO CREED CHOOSES AN UNDERDOG TO FIGHT FOR PUBLICITY AND ENTERTAINMENT, PRESUMING HE WILL WIN AND SHOW HOW GREAT HE IS! HOW EVER THIS TIME HE IS NOT SO LUCKY! HE CHOOSES ROCKY BALBOA, A UN-KNOWN PHILADELPHIAN BOXER, ROCKY'S TRAINER MICKEY (BUGESS MERIDITH) EVEN LOOSES FAITH IN ROCKY, BELIEVING HE WILL ALSO NOT WIN, CRITICS LAUGH AT HIM, TO A POINT WHERE HE ALMOST LOOSES FAITH IN HIMSELF! ALMOST! ROCKY TRAINS VERY HARD AND FALLS IN LOVE WITH HIS SWEETHART ADRIAN (TALLIA SHIRE), WITH HOPE, MOTIVATION AND DETERMINATION ROCKY NEVER GIVES UP AND ENTERS THE RING A NEW BOXER, STRONGER THAN HE HAS EVER BEEN BEFORE AND MORE DETERMINED, THE FIGHT IS A TOUGH ONE FOR BOTH MEN.
THE FIGHT LASTS 15 ROUNDS, APOLLO WINS THE FIGHT ON POINTS BUT CRITICTS SAY ROCKY WAS THE BETTER BOXER, APOLLO (WHO'S CHARACTER IS BASED ON MUHAMMED ALI) HIDES BEHIND THE FACT HE TOOK THE FIGHT TOO LIGHTLY BUT HE KNOWS HE GAVE ROCKY HIS BEST.
AFTER DECLARING THAT THERE IS NOT GOING TO BE A REMATCH...
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